Is SHAHRUKH KHAN the last superstar of bollywood? - Page 3

Originally posted by: blue-ice.1

No jokes....2022 was truly Alia's year...🥳

Maybe on a personal level. But on acting, she was outshone massively by Tripti.

At the box office, Gangu was overtaken by quite a few others.

Lmao Kartik is far from being a superstar - he's just the flavour of the season rn, just like Ayushmann was at one time.

And no, Hrithik was the last superstar.

Originally posted by: blue-ice.1

People are rooting for good cinema.....not stars.....that is why good small time actors are also gaining so much popularity....with the advent of social media, OTT and TV becoming too big...there is TOO MUCH to choose from......Superstars are made because of the hardcore blind fans.....The fandoms of the superstars did not root for good cinema....they always rooted for their stars.....that is the difference.....if the situation was the same ....we might have seen the next generation superstars....but there is a reason why we won't have superstars anymore....because those hardcore fans are not there anymore.....People will not watch a Ranbir, Ranveer , Varun or Kartik's movie if the movies are not good......that is the difference....I am not saying that blind fandom is good.....but it was good for the stars...😆...So these is not about nostalgia....its all about how the audience today have too much to choose from....😆

See, at the end of the day, a superstar is someone who can draw an initial despite the suckiest-looking film. Salman and SRK were always superstars. Aamir was thought to be one because people expected quality cinema from him.

I think there will be superstars like that. Yeah, content will rule. And it should. But Indians love to worship movie stars. Like Americans worship athletes.

@atominis

People used to pray for Amitabh because he got injured. I hope to God nothing of the sort ever happens to SRK, but if he or Salman got injured, will bet there will massive prayers like there was for AB. I mean, look what happened during Aryan's arrest. There was so much public support and anger against the government.

Originally posted by: atominis

If at all, stardom or craze declined it will be due to lack of good writers like Salim Javed, excessive rise of technology and exposure to global content and overexposure of stars.

I personally feel today's stars focus more on looks or fitness or PR and less on acting or cultivating personal charm or aura. If they keep unique persona like each Khan, Bachchan, Dharam, DK, Dev Anand, RK Sr, Rajesh etc had, they can do fine.

Audience is also more literate and mature now. Just because no one writes letters in blood to stars like they wrote to Rajesh Khanna it does not mean there is no stardom. Only expression of admiration for stars changes as generations attain more maturity and no longer worship stars like gods.

Look at social media follows perhaps